The House Oversight and Reform Committee will hold a hearing later this month with the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) after the government agency recommended White House counselor Kellyanne Conway be fired for repeated violations of the Hatch Act.
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the committee’s chairman, said in a statement on Thursday that President Trump should “immediately” fire Conway based on the OSC’s findings.
The hearing will take place on June 26, Cummings said, and Conway will be invited “to answer for her violations.”
“Allowing Ms. Conway to continue her position of trust at the White House would demonstrate that the President is not interested in following the law—or requiring his closest aides to do so,” Cummings said.
He noted that the panel has had additional concerns about Conway’s use of private jets and her role in the administration’s drug control strategy and that the White House had not provided requested documents related to either matter.
Under the Hatch Act, federal employees are prohibited from engaging in elections in their official capacity.
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JUST IN: House Oversight chair calls on Trump to fire Kellyanne Conway for violating federal law https://t.co/UQn5c3e0ki pic.twitter.com/DjTfvJzTdx
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